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Maddison Wheeldon
June 2, 2024, 2:06 pm
Green Party candidate ‘leaves the party’ after antisemitism probe
Maddison Wheeldon is no longer the Greens candidate for Warrington North and blames 'right wing media painting me as an antisemite for my pro-Palestine stance'
By Lee Harpin
Joe Belcher
May 30, 2024, 1:37 pm
Green Party warned it’s ‘sinking into growing cesspit of racism’
Joe Belcher, Green candidate for Aldridge-Brownhills, wrote "the leaders of Israel, and Gaza conspired to carry out what happened on Oct 7 for financial gain."
By Lee Harpin
A Green Party councillor chants 'From The River To The Sea' at Tower Hamlets protest
November 21, 2023, 1:13 pm
Green Party councillor apologises for chanting ‘From the river’ outside MP’s office
EXCLUSIVE: Green councillor Nathalie Bienfait says she 'deeply regrets' using the Israel destruction chant, saying she did not know its meaning at the time
By Lee Harpin
September 27, 2023, 10:50 am
Green Party apologises for tweet wishing Jews a ‘Happy Yom Kippur’
The now deleted post also featured an illustration of a nine-branched Chanukiah and used the year 2023 rather than the Hebrew 5784
By Fergal Jeffreys
Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay, co-leaders of the Green Party at St Pancras Meeting Rooms, London. Picture date: Friday October 1, 2021. (Jewish News)
March 1, 2023, 1:29 pm
JLM writes to Green Party leaders raising concerns around antisemitism
Letter sent to co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay points to the social media conduct of an elected councillor in Norwich, and the admission into party of councillors suspended or expelled from Labour
By Lee Harpin
Jack Polanski, the deputy leader of the Green Party
October 6, 2022, 5:04 pm
Greens deputy leader cheered as he speaks of being ‘Jewish and gay’
But Zack Polanski revealed some had been questioning why his identity was relevant
By Lee Harpin
Zack Polanski, new deputy leader of Green Party
September 12, 2022, 4:37 pm
Green Party elect new Jewish deputy leader Polanski
London Assembly member Zack Polanski says he is 'delighted to be the first deputy leader of a major UK political party who is Jewish.'
By Lee Harpin
Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer pictured voting on Thursday (Photos: PA)
May 5, 2022, 7:52 pm
As it happened: 2022 local election
Jewish News was live at the count for the London borough, a prime target for the two big parties following a day of voting across England, Scotland and Wales.
By Lee Harpin
Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay, co-leaders of the Green Party at St Pancras Meeting Rooms, London. Picture date: Friday October 1, 2021. (Jewish News)
April 20, 2022, 5:14 pm
Is Green becoming the new red? Labour’s disaffected hard-left jumps ship
Concerns over candidates with previous connections to Jeremy Corbyn ahead of next month's local elections.
By Lee Harpin
Protestors opposing antisemitism (Photo by Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/Sipa USA)
October 28, 2021, 3:06 pm
OPINION: The Greens’ approach will let us identify, understand and tackle antisemitism
Chair of the Jewish Greens, Joshua Alston, explains why his party's decision to adopt elements of both IHRA and the Jerusalem Declaration will help - not hinder - the fight
By Joshua Alston
Zack Polanski
October 25, 2021, 3:36 pm
Greens vote to adopt two ‘contradictory’ definitions of anti-Jewish racism
At the Green Party autumn conference a motion including both the IHRA definition and the Jerusalem Declaration is adopted by party - who also maintain their pro-BDS position
By Lee Harpin
Shahrar Ali (wikipedia/Author RogerGLewis/Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0))
February 24, 2021, 10:48 am
Greens to debate IHRA definition and support for BDS
Motion put forward by ex deputy leader claims the definition 'conflates opposition to Israel with antisemitism', as the Board of Deputies says the party is at a 'risky juncture'
By Jack Mendel
Larry Sanders, older brother of United States presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, at his home in Oxford.
February 25, 2020, 12:45 pm
Bernie Sanders’ older brother Larry: ‘Jews won’t see him as a threat to Israel’
Oxford activist, 84, speaks about his younger sibling's chances of becoming president, the rise of antisemitism and why Bernie in the White House would make Jews proud
By Stephen Oryszczuk
January 25, 2019, 11:22 am
Deputy Green leader sorry for tweeting cartoon of Grim Reaper with Star of David
Amelia Womack apologises for sharing cartoon which depicted the fictional figure cloaked in the US flag and carrying a scythe with a Jewish symbol
By Mathilde Frot
Leader of AfD Alice Weidel and Deputy Leader Alexander Gauland in April 2017
September 25, 2018, 2:27 pm
Jewish backers of Germany’s far-right AfD establish support group
As the party gains popularity around issues of immigration in particular, some Jews want to add their voice of backing
By JTA
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